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Enjoy Labor Day America, and keep working

Dear Editor,
Labor Day weekend is upon us. Let’s celebrate the laborers.
The willing workers of America have been the backbone to making our country the greatest nation in the world. People from all over the world have come here in search of a better life by having the opportunity and the freedom to work hard in order to make their dreams come true. The will and the joy of working has made life better for millions

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Commentary on Johnson letter

Dear Editor,                                             

I could not agree more with Mr. Michael Johnson‘s piece in last week’s Standard more. I too am thankful and have thanked the City Council and have walked the street during the Beale Street rebuild to personally thank all those amazingly hard-working construction people who worked so tirelessly to get our new downtown put together.

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letter to the editor

Voting matters – now, more than ever

Dear Editor,

I have always been a music fan, especially live music, and I recall a particularly frigid night in January ’82 when friends and I loaded into cars and headed for the Meadowlands to see The Kinks (a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame “British invasion” band).  To escape the cold parking lot, we went inside to watch the opening band. Halfway through the set we realized, “This guy isn’t bad.”

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A Hanging with Two Horses

At a nameless turn on the trail between El Paso and Tucson lay the carcass of a young woman. Morning light found her the same time Roger did. Eyes wide and nostrils wide with terror, the grey gelding beneath Roger refused to go near the smudge of black clothes. He dismounted the pony and patted the lean neck. Roger could feel the horse still leaning back on its back legs, ready to return at the drop of a hat.

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